Daily Wrestling is where I will write about whatever wrestling I have watched that day. It might be new, old, DVDs, VHS, downloads, US, Japan, Mexico, women, etc. It could be one hour or a 24 hour marathon. Each “issue” will be numbered for my benefit and yours.

After two weeks of the new Smackdown on MyNetworkTV, I still find the opening to be awful. Terrible music, and the Smackdown opening has never looked as cool as Raw’s. Even the ECW opening is interesting. Maybe it’s the blue color scheme.

Other than each man attacking the other, or hitting finishing moves at random, I’ve been given no reason to care about the Jeff Hardy/ Triple H/ Vladmir Kozlov feud. Kozlov wants competition, great, but I’ve yet to see him do anything, besides these attacks, to earn a title shot. A US title shot, maybe, but not a World title. Also, if he is picked for Cyber Sunday, is this his first PPV appearance? If so, his first PPV will be in a World title match, that he could possibly win just to shake up the “WWE Universe”. This isn’t a huge name coming in from another federation, this is an unproven talent that is being forced at the fans. With a headbutt for a finishing move. A headbutt. Even the Samoans don’t use a headbutt as a finisher, and they’re known for having indestructible heads. I hope in Triple H’s quest to be the greatest ever that he goes over in this match as, “the only man to beat two foes in a Cyber Sunday match”.

Yes, the Big Show has a strong fist. That and he is also tall, bald, and has a liking for tigers of various colors. Can we move on with the show now?

Never in my life did I think I would see Mark Henry and The Great Khali making “quick” tags, much less with each other as partners. Poor Chavo. Then, in a storyline progression, he’s at Vickie’s side the next week! Is anyone booked as a weaker human being than Chavo Guerrero?

To R-Truth. I don’t care to know “what’s up?” I want you to get to the ring, wrestle an entertaining match, and show the world that you can hang with the likes of Shelton Benjamin and MVP. Two men that should be receiving your push, as they are great WWE Superstars. That being said, these three men should either team up or go off into different feuds instead of being the “black portion” of Smackdown.

I’ll write this a lot, but the future of WWE is here now. Team Priceless vs. the Colons and CM Punk was just one view of it. Should these kids ever get together backstage it would be a revolution not seen in wrestling since the Kliq. This could be for good, exciting main events, ladder matches, leading into the Attitude era; or for bad — nWo, quad tears, the end of kayfabe, no wait its back, but there it goes again.

Throughout the October 3 episode the Raw champions looked stronger. Santino won, Beth won, and CM Punk made the pin for his team (not a Raw champion, but a Raw brand wrestler). Until the great Triple H comes out with the only pin for the Smackdown side. Now I understand that with the new network there was a desire to make Smackdown the number one show. Triple H and Jim Ross were brought over to achieve this goal. But is making HHH the only force on the roster the best way to go about it? He’s destroying everyone in his path, and making them look weak. The Smackdown main event for WrestleMania will have to involve a Raw star switching brands, because by then there will be no legitimate challengers left on Smackdown that the great H has not already defeated.

Kung Fu Naki? Seriously?

What exactly is an “incentive bonus” for MVP? At this point I hope its a move to Raw.

Kizarny. I can’t wait. This could be a cool crazy gimmick up there with Waylon Mercy and Sean O’Haire. Unfortunately, it’ll probably last just as long as those previous ones.

Kenny Dykstra and Ryan Braddock? Guys, you have ECW right there. Its a show to help these young talents improve and become main eventers. It works too, look at the success you’ve had with Miz, John Morrison, and Evan Bourne. Move these guys over there, please.

The Great Khali and Runjin Singh come out. Talk about Johnny Knoxville and Jackass. They show the Khali kiss cam from Raw. Khali destroys three independent wrestlers. Ok, he destroys one of them, the other two run out of the ring. They bring in a woman from the audience to kiss Khali on the Khali Kiss Cam. They find a rather large fan to come into the ring, she’s dressed like well, like a wrestling fan. Khali kisses her in his best acting since The Longest Yard.

I can see the glass ceiling, and the ladder to reach it, from here for Smackdown. Triple H at the top. Undertaker (now looking weak) and Big Show (bossed around by a woman) right below. Jeff Hardy below that, with a foot on his fingers, trying to kick him down a notch. Shelton, MVP, and Truth — amazing talents all — are feuding over the Black US title. Any young talents are given comedic gimmicks, so fans don’t take them too seriously, or no wins — thus no push. But those saying, “there are no new stars” the gods of the WWE Universe will point to Vladmir Kozlov. That’s the best you can give me? A Cold War- era recycled gimmick with a wrestler not nearly as talented as past Russians.

Where is my current heel? Someone from the Middle East? From North Korea? A rich billionaire who is buying up mortgages and forcing people out of their homes. Get really controversial, have Finlay and Hornswoggle dress up as priests, yet still invite children into the ring with them. Don’t do anything further than that, you won’t need to. But a Russian? Where is that a threat besides Atlanta? (See, Atlanta is in the state of Georgia, while Russia is fighting with its neighboring country also named Georgia. Also, WCW was based in Atlanta, thus giving me two jokes for the price of one.)